Transforming Heritage Discourse on the Landscape at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2025
Department 1
History
Department 2
Africana Studies
Abstract
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought between 1 and 3 July 1863, occupies a significant place in United States history and memory. Beginning within six weeks after the battle’s conclusion, much of the former battlefield landscape has been, and continues to be, preserved through careful deliberation. This article argues that those preservation efforts have simultaneously frozen the landscape in time while changing it as part of an industry of memory. However, the intentionality of those efforts has, until very recently, removed the presence and stories of African Americans from the landscape, despite the historical reality that African Americans are central to why there was an American Civil War and a battle at Gettysburg. This article concludes by describing incipient efforts, and some challenges to those efforts, to include those stories on the landscape.
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DOI
10.14324/111.444.amps.2025v32i1.004.
Version
Version of Record
Recommended Citation
Hancock, Scott. "Transforming Heritage Discourse on the Landscape at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania". Architecture_MPS 32, 1 (2025): 4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.amps.2025v32i1.004.
Comments
The article received the annual AMPS UCL Press Journal Award, which higlights "the importance and quality of the research work published in this UCL Press journal," and is "bestowed by Amps and the Press on authors whose work has been published in any given calendar year. Awarded authors are judged on criteria including scholarship, originality, relevance, objectivity and depth of analysis."